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India loses contact with its Moon lander minutes before touchdown

The Chandrayaan-2 mission would have been the first to land near the lunar south pole.
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India’s space agency lost contact with its Moon lander during the final few minutes of the craft’s descent early on 7 September, Indian time. It was the country’s first attempt to place a craft on the Moon.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02697-z

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  • Correction 09 September 2019: This story has been updated to include comments from Kailasavadivoo Sivan.

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